Beilstein & Gmelin Crossfire (Client download)

Connect to Beilstein & Gmelin Crossfire (Client download)

What is it? Beilstein and Gmelin are two separate chemical databases. CrossFire or Beilstein Commander are the names for the software used to search the databases. MSU licenses and provides access to the Beilstein & Gmelin as a cooperative effort with other university libraries around the US. The database is mounted at the University of Wisconsin Libraries. Updated quarterly.

The Beilstein Database covers organic chemistry and includes over seven million compounds, 10 million chemical reaction references, and 20 million associated chemical, physical, and biological property records. It covers heterocyclic, acyclic and isocyclic organic compounds drawn from the literature since 1771. It does not cover polymers. The substance sections information includes structural information, including chemical, physical, and biological properties, preparative methods, chemical behavior, and literature references. The reactions section includes information on the preparation of substances and reaction attributes.

The Gmelin Database (1772 - ) covers structures, properties, and references to the literature in organometallic and inorganic chemistry. It has 1.2 million compounds including minerals, polymers, coordination compounds, alloys, glasses, and isomorphans. It contains the structural, factual, and bibliographic data cited in the Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry.

Why use it? Organic chemical reactions and properties.

Coverage: 1771-present

Access: NOT available on the Web. Separate client software available on library public computers and in chemistry computer labs. Access is available from computers on the MSU campus only, using MDL CrossFire Commander software. Unlimited users.

Learn more: Help: There are several excellent overviews, tutorials, and practice exercises available from other libraries. See a list of help files from the University of Wisconsin.

Last updated: 2007-12-13 19:52:38 by Greg Notess

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